NullPointerException under an IF statement which should be skipped

[Noffica Rostt]

    /**
     * This method displays all winner names for a given year.
     * @param year is the integer parameter asked of the user.
     */
    public void displayAllWinnersForYear (int year)
    {
        if (year >= 1993 || year <= 2009) {
            String[] winnersForTheYear = nobelPrizeWinners.get(year);

            for (int i = 0; i < winnersForTheYear.length; i++) {
                if (winnersForTheYear.length > 1) {
                    System.out.print("\"" + winnersForTheYear[i] + "\"" + ", ");
                }
                else if (winnersForTheYear.length <= 1) {
                    System.out.print("\"" + winnersForTheYear[i] + "\"");
                }
            }
        }
        else if (year < 1993 || year > 2009) {
            System.out.println("None.");
        }
    }

When year is outside the 1993-2009 range, I get a NullPointerException from line 10. Shouldn't it be skipped entirely since the conditions of its parent IF statement (line 7) is not met?

[Bear Bibeault]

Inspect your if statement very carefully.

[Jhakda Velu]

Try to find out what may cause Nullpointer Exception in line 10 of your code, what could be null there? Also, why do you think line 7 will help in skipping lines 8-18.
Try to test your line 7 if condition with values 1992, 1995 and 2010.

I believe you are assuming that nobelPrizeWinners.get(year) will give proper value for years 1993-2009.

[Noffica Rostt]

Thank you.

Yet another case of PEBCAK.

[Campbell Ritchie]

More a tautology sneaking past you unnoticed.